Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
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Bible References
Wicked
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes; even so is a sluggish person to them that sendeth him forth.
Proverbs 26:6
He is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool.
Jeremiah 23:13
I have seen folly among the Prophets of Samaria, that they preached for Baal, and deceived my people of Israel.
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say unto thee, concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt he must die: and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest unto him, that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live - Then shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness, but his blood will I require of thine hand.
Ezekiel 33:7
And now, O thou son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: that whereas thou hearest anything out of my mouth, thou mayest warn them on my behalf.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many are, which chop and change with the word of God: but even out of pureness, and by the power of God and in the sight of God, so speak we in Christ.
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Proverbs 25:13
Like as the winter cool in the harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, and refresheth his master's mind.